Re: (Pre-pay) mobiles for UK / Australia?

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From: Mr. Michael J. Ellis
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:00

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> > Wrong. Contract phones in Oz are not locked.
>
> Wrong. All Motorola phones since 1998 are locked, contract or prepaid.
> You can get them unlocked by Motorola easily, but they come locked from
> the factory, it was an attempt to thwart the grey market.

Very good, and quite correct.

I should have said, they are not locked specifically to one carriers SIM
card.

Motorola's are 505 locked, only accepting Australian SIM cards.

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